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Sharpshoot MUST be declared a national hero
THE Presidium is dealing with a request for the late liberation stalwart and pioneer liberation fighter David Mongwa Moyo to be accorded national hero status.Moyo, whose war name was Sharpshoo...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:42hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira rubbishes reports he called for GNU, Chamisa says Mnangagwa is his brother
Zimbabwe Chief's Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has dismissed as "false" and "mischievous" reports that he implored opposition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to join hands with President Mnangag...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:38hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
BCC mourns Alderman Ncube
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has mourned the passing on of Alderman Ephraim Ncube who died on Wednesday last week after a short illness.In a statement yesterday, mayor Solomoin Mguni said: "Ald...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 19:40hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Missing ZANU PF MP dupes mourners
Mazowe North Member of Parliament Campion "Missing MP" Mugweni has come under fire from Mvurwi residents and vendors who accuse him of giving fake promises after he promised to deliver cabbages at a f...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 13:31hrs | 1495 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean family in mourning as teenage son stabbed to death at Leeds house party
A murder probe has been launched after a 17-year-old boy, identified as Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, was stabbed to death in Leeds.Police were called to a house in Salisbury Grove, Armley at 2...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:52hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Bullying leads to suicide
AGONY, grief, pain, anguish, sadness and anger aptly describe how the Saudan family in Bulawayo is feeling following the death of their 15-year-old son Jayden who committed suicide after complaining o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
SA premier league footballer collapses and dies on training ground
The South African football community was mourning on Tuesday following the sudden death of Richards Bay Premier Soccer League (PSL) star Siphamandla Mtolo.Mtolo's club confirmed that he had di...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:39hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
'Dunderhead' Chiwenga asking WHO to stem nurse haemorrhage - Wasting time treating symptom, treat the Mafiosi disease
Zimbabwe's VP and Minister of Health, Dr Constantino Chiwenga ask the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help stem the haemorrhage of Zimbabwe health care workers. "One of the problems we disc...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:00hrs | 850 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's tragedy is being led by a coward!
Over the past few days, I was in the breath-taking mountain city of Mutare - attending a dear cousin's funeral.During this visit to this captivating and awe-inspiring place - besides the immer...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 18:11hrs | 827 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man stabbed at funeral
DOUBLE tragedy!When a group of boys stood by the gate and shouted obscenities at mourners, Simiso Mdlawuzo (28), who was among the mourners at a house in Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo confro...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Spar Zimbabwe should take full responsibility for heinous murder of its employee!
This morning, I had the inspiration to pen an article on an entirely different topic - which is in the same mould as my usual social justice advocacy on matters bedevilling ordinary Zimbabweans....Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:48hrs | 1808 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean MPs raise new demands
LESS than two months after being pampered with US$40 000 housing loans that divided public opinion countrywide, legislators are now mourning over not being paid sitting allowances for nearly five mont...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah mourns AKA
Musician Mukudzei "Jah Prayzah" Mukombe has mourned South African rapper Kiernon AKA Forbes who was shot dead last night in Durban."Nev...Published: 11 Feb 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2673 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lets approach all crimes with the same zeal
While we are focusing on drug dealers and drug pushers, we should put in the same effort to stop the collaboration between criminals at our bus stops and the ZRP who look away while travellers are bei...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:13hrs | 325 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Air Force of Zimbabwe crash pilots named
The two Air Force of Zimbabwe pilots who perished in an air crash near Gweru last week Thursday have been named as Group Captain Ben Munyanduki and Wing Commander Daniel Manyenga.The two died ...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 21:32hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Air Force of Zimbabwe pilots
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday described the death of two Air Force of Zimbabwe senior pilots in a plane crash as unexpected, saying the nation had been robbed of experienced and committed officers....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Unknown Brigadier-General declared a national hero
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on Brigadier-General Epmarcus Walter Kanhanga (Rtd), who died on Thursday. He was 73.In a statement, the Chief Secretary to...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Charamba justifies Emmerson Junior's presence at meeting with Belarus chefs
DEPUTY Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Office, George Charamba, has justified the presence of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson Jr, at a high-level State House me...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:01hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa refuses to hand over phone evidence
THREE Zanu-PF party members who were arrested for inciting other party activists to commit acts of violence against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) at the burial of a party member Shepher...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:11hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
CCC lawmaker mourns electrocuted boy
Mbizo Legislator Settlement Chikwinya (CCC) has mourned the 11- year old Kwekwe boy who was electrocuted after he came in contact with live electricity cables connected to a chicken fowl run on Thursd...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 20:16hrs | 602 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa mourns assassinated human rights lawyer
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has described Africa as a breeding ground for murders and violence following the killing of Swaziland human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko....Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 3205 | by Staff reporter
Slain cop's mother berates ZRP
EMOTIONS ran high during the burial of former Hwedza Police Station officer-in-charge, Inspector Maxwell Hove, in Mberengwa district, Midlands province, over the weekend with the deceased's mother Loi...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Stella Chiweshe
Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has described the late iconic songstress, Stella Chiweshe, as a cultural ambassador who worked hard to preserve Zimbabwe's culture and promote the country's tr...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:11hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Jah Lemmy mourns Stella Chiweshe
Traditional musician Ginatsia "Jah Lemmy" Nyanhete of Guruve Arts marimba ensemble has mourned the late renowned Mbira artiste Stella Chiweshe who passed ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 15:33hrs | 374 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Vote ED to live peacefully, Zanu-PF warns mourners at slain prophet's funeral
A Zanu-PF official in Wedza has threatened villagers that they risk living in political turmoil if they do not vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the up-coming elections.The Zanu-PF orga...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Air Commodore Maketo
President Mnangagwa has mourned the death of decorated Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) general air officer and pilot, Air Commodore Pio Pasipamire Maketo who died in on Saturday describing him as an excep...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must show patriotism
THE only thing new about the terrorism meted out in Murehwa on the poor elderly villagers is that someone who was part of the gang filmed and sent it to his bosses in Zanu-PF as proof that they could ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:00hrs | 375 | by A Mbire
8 die in Zimbabwe's weekend road accidents
EIGHT people died and several others were injured in three fatal road accidents in Harare, Beitbridge and Chegutu over the weekend.Some of the injured are still receiving treatment, while bodi...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:57hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in Beitbridge head-on
THREE people were killed while several others were injured when two vehicles they were travelling in were involved in a head-on collision along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road near Malala Village yesterd...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala wants his trial livestreamed
HARARE magistrate, Marewanazvo Gofa, is expected to hand down ruling on whether jailed opposition lawmaker, Job Sikhala's trial should be live-streamed or not on Monday next week.Prosecu...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 21:05hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Former Mighty Warriors striker dies
Former Mighty Warriors striker Rufaro "Mafidi" Machingura has died this morning.The sad news was confirmed by the Women Super lea...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 09:17hrs | 3190 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa must act on despicable behaviour by supporters
SOMETIME last week, a group of Zanu-PF supporters was captured in a sickening video calling for the death of Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa and threatening anyone who would mourn...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:58hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe democratic space narrows ahead of 2023 polls
AS Zimbabwe inches closer to the 2023 general election, the democratic space is narrowing as authoritarian rule takes a toll on the political opposition and civil society.In December alone, cr...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Justice Makomo
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday described High Court judge Justice Elijah Makomo as an avid reader and one of the sharpest legal minds, adding the legal fraternity is poorer without hi...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Justice Makomo dies
High court judge Justice Elijah Makomo passed on yesterday at Avenues clinic, Harare.In a statement issued in the afternoon the J...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1213 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Makunura dies after long illness
The Chevron's fielding coach Shepherd Makunura has died at the age of 46 after suffering a long illness.The sportsman reportedly missed out on the ICC world cup that was held between October a...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 07:36hrs | 1226 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
MPs for sale, damnable loans
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, the Legislature ought to have felt unease about the impropriety of accepting housing loans from Treasury at a time hospitals are...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 325 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
What l Learnt From Spain vs Morocco
1. Don't Let Your Poor Strike force Undermine Your Resilient Defence.Although Mocco eventually won the game, the strike force couldn't capitalise on the...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 09:07hrs | 1604 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
14 Zimbabwean Vapostori drown in SA
FOURTEEN members of the Johanne Masowe Baptist Church, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been confirmed dead after drowning during a baptism ceremony that went wrong in Jukskei River in South Africa....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1466 | by Staff reporter
State-assisted funeral for former ZPRA commander Mbedzi
GOVERNMENT has accorded a State-assisted funeral for liberation war stalwart and former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) regional commander for the Northern Front Three (NF3), Joseph Mbedzi...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
2 killed and several injured as kombi ferrying mourners to funeral bursts tyre and overturns
Two mourners died whole 10 others were injured after a vehicle ferrying them to a funeral was involved in a road crash.Midlands Acting police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Fungai Ngawagare...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 165 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mutsvangwa mourns former Chinese leader
FORMER Zimbabwe Ambassador to China, Christopher Mutsvangwa, yesterday said he was "deeply saddened" by the death of former Chinese Presi- dent, Jiang Zemin.Former President Jiang died at the ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chronicles how his clan fled to Zambia
President Mnangagwa yesterday chronicled how the Mnangagwa clan moved from Zvishavane communal areas to Zambia during the colonial era when he and his siblings were still teenagers.The Preside...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Be patriotic, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will remain for Zimbabweans and outsiders intending to contribute towards developing the economy should do so without dictating the path for citizens, who have the rights to do that themselve...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission will not solve Zimbabwe's problems
IT looks very likely that in the near future Zimbabwe will be readmitted into the Commonwealth, the grouping of former British colonies, boosting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts a...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:29hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 443 | by on Saturday
Zimbabwean journalists are safe insists Mutsvangwa despite attacks at political rallies
GOVERNMENT says Zimbabwean journalists are safe despite glaring evidence involving the assault of media practitioners at political rallies and gatherings.Of late, Zimbabwe has witnessed a resu...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:31hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Yes, Mnangagwa is at UN COP 27 in Egypt to mourn about sanctions, photo opportunity and nothing else
Yes, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is in Egypt for UN COP27 Climate Summit. He will, no doubt, be accompanied by the usual high-powered delegation of hangers-on. He will complain of how sanctions are ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 13:11hrs | 840 | by Nomusa Garikai
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